大學體驗英語二（綜合教程）Unit4CalamitiesandRescuesListenandTalkLeadinNatureimposesdifficultconditionsupontheearthfromtimetotime。Thetornadoandforestfiredestroynatural1。____，homesandotherstructures,andveryoftenharmorkillpeople。Technologicaltragedieshappenwithlittleornowarningasweseetrainscrashandairplanesfallfromtheskyshortlyaftertake-off.Astragicascalamitiesare，theyseemto2.____thebestinhumannature.Peopletrainedin3。____carearriveatthesceneandbeginassistingtheinjured.Otherscomewithequipmenttoremovedebris。Men，women，andyoungpeoplewillinglycometothesceneofan4。____hopingtobeofhelpinsomeway。Theseselflessactsofkindnessmakeourworldabetterplace.Compassioneasesthewoundsofcalamities.AmericanAirlinesflightnumber587crashedlessthanthreeminutesafter5。____fromJFKAirportinNewYorkinNovember，2001。6.____sawanenginefiredevelopontheplane'snumberoneenginelocatedundertheleftwingofthe7.____Secondslater，theairliner8.____eighthomes,completelydestroyingfourofthem.All260people9._____theairplanewerekilledalongwithsixpeopleatthecrashsite，leavingmanypeopletomournthe10.____oftheirlovedones.Theresidents(peoplewholiveintheareaofthecrash)ralliedtogethertocomfortthosegrieving,whileothersremovedbodiesfromthewreckageanddidthenecessaryclean—up.Key：1。resources;2。bringout；3。emergency;4。accident;5.takingoff;6.Witnesses;7.aircraft;8.crashedinto；9。aboard;10.loss.PassageA:DeathofaDream2.Answerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationfromthepassage。1。Whowasabetterskater，LaurieorhersisterMaribel?Lauriewasabetterskater。2.Whatwastheweatherlikethatday?Theweatherwasverygood。Itwaswarmandsunnywithnostormsorhighwinds。3.Howmanytimesdidthepilottrytoland?Thepilottriedtolandtwicebutfailed.4。WhendidofficialsintheBrusselscontroltowersensethattheremustbesomethingwrongwiththeplane？Theysensedthatsomethingmustbewrongwhenthepilotlostcontactwiththecontroltowerduringthelastfewminutesbeforethescheduledlanding。5.WhatdoyouthinkwastheimpactofthisplanecrashonthesportofskatingintheU.S.？Answer:Open.3.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestionbasedontheinformationyouobtainfromthepassage.1.The1961worldiceskatingcompetitionwasplannedtobeheld__________。A）inNewYorkB）inBrusselsC）inBergD）inPrague2。TheAmericanskaterswereexcitedwhentheyboardedtheplanebecause__________.A)theyweregoingtoflytoBrusselsandPragueB)theywereagroupofyoungandenergeticathletesC)theywereheadingforagreattimeintheirlivesD）theyhadalargeteamofeighteenmembers3。Wecaninferfromthepassagethat__________.A)LauriewasselectedintotheteamforPraguebecauseshewontheNorthAmericantitleforwomenB）askaterinafamilyislikelytoinfluenceothermembersofthefamilysothattheybecomeskaterstooC)Laurie’smothertaughtherandhersister,Maribel，howtoskatewhentheywerelittlegirlsD）MaribelbecamesuccessfulinskatingintheUnitedStatesearlierthanhersisterLaurie4。Awitnessoftheplanecrashreportedseeingallofthefollowingexceptthat__________.A）theplanewasabouttolandnormallyB)theplanewascirclingtheairportC)theplaneclimbedsuddenlyandsteeplyD）theplanecrashedontotheground5.Toshowmourningfortheskaterswhowerekilledintheplanecrash,__________。A)theskatingcompetitionforthatyearwascancelledB)therescuerssearchedthewreckageformeltedskatesC)skatersandskatingfanshelpedtocollectscattereddebrisD）skatingfanscriedbecauseofthedeathoftheirdreamsandhopesAnwser:1。D；2.C;3。B；4。B;5.A4.Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.Changetheformwherenecessary.1。Thedrivergavea____thathewasgoingtoturnright.2.Itwasreportedthat41peoplewerekilledinaplane____intheHimalayaslastweek。3.Theship’scaptainradioedthatitwasin____。4。Theskatersmovedovertheicewithasmooth,effortless____。5.Thebombwastakenawayandthesoldiers____itatasafedistancefromthehouses。6.TheywereontheirwaytotheShropshireUnionCanalwhentheircarwasinvolvedina____withatruck。7.TheCentralBank____interestratesby2percent。8。He____acheerfulwelcomeasheopenedthedoorforthedistinguishedguest.9.Heusedto____histoysalloverthefloorandIhadtopickthemup.10。The_____oftheworld’sforestsconcernseveryoneinsomeway.Anwser：1。signal2。crash3.distress4。grace5。exploded6.collision7。lowered8。beamed9.scatter10.destruction5。Completethefollowingsentenceswithphrasesorexpressionsfromthepassage。1.Marta____aboxofoldphotographs,lookingforthebaby’sportrait。2.Thecostofthehousemaybelowerthanwefirstthought；but___itwillstillbebeyondourreach。3。ThestrugglebetweenthedrugcompanyandtheGovernmentoverpricesfinally___asatisfactorysettlement.4.Shewasonaplane____Moscowwhenshefellill.5.AssoonasIwas____,Ibegantohavesecondthoughtsaboutleaving.Anwser：1.combedthrough2.inanycase3.endedin4.boundfor5。onboard6。Consultadictionaryfortheusageofthefollowingwordsandmakeasentencewitheachofthem.1。The____（crew)arepaidtodoalltheworkontheship.2.You’dbeafoolnot____(embrace)anopportunityasgoodasthat.3。Thehorse____（rear)upwhenitheardthegunshot.4.Thegeneralelection,originally____（schedule)for29thSeptember,istobepostponeduntilDecember.5。Theflowershow____(grace)bythepresenceoftheQueen.Anwser：1。crew2。toembrace3.reared4。scheduled5.wasgraced7。TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish。1。她在公共汽車站一直等到末班車進站。(comein)Shewaitedatthebusstopuntilthelastbuscamein。2。如果我們能幫得上忙，盡管和我們聯(lián)系。(contact）Ifthereisanywaywecanbeofassistance,pleasedonothesitatetocontactus.3.他需要多少船務人員才能使他的游艇(yacht）航行？(crew)Howmanycrewdoesheneedtosailhisyacht?4。雖然她的新書沒有上一本好,但是我還是喜歡它.(notquiteas)Ienjoyedhernewbookthoughit’snotquiteasgoodasherlastone.5.我從未遇到過如此善良的人。(neverbefore）NeverbeforehaveImetsuchakindperson。8.ReadandcomparetheEnglishsentences，payingattentiontotheiritalicizedpartsandtranslatetheChinesesentencesbysimulatingthestructureoftheEnglishsentences.1。Neverbeforehadanythingsotragichappenedintheirsport.Neverbeforehadanythingsowonderfulhappenedinhislifebeforehewasadmittedtothatfamousuniversity。在這個國家，以前從來沒有這么多的人參加慢跑運動.2.Theplaneappearedtobemakinganormalapproachtolandwhenitsuddenlyrearedupintothesky。Theboatappearedtobemakingitswaytotheharborwhenitsuddenlycrashedintoarockandwassoonsmashedintosmallpieces?；鸺盏囊粍x那，所有的人都顯得很激動.突然，火箭爆炸,燃成了一個火球。3.Itwas10：05A。M。whentheSabenajethisthegroundandexplodedinaballofflames.ItwasthreeyearsandtwomonthsagowhenImetJaneandfellinlovewithheratfirstsight.4點30分，飛機被劫持開往鄰國。4。All72peopleonboardwerekilled，including49Americansand11membersofthecrew。All42studentsintheclassparticipatedinthecampaigntohelpthedisabledpeopleinthelocalcommunity，includingthreeoverseasexchangestudents.包括9個在海外工作的，全班30個同學都回來參加了聚會.5.Allthatremainedasrescuerscombedthroughthewreckagewerethreepairsofmeltedskatesdanglingfromoneofthewings。Allthatremainedaspeoplecombedthroughthecrashsitewasherpursedanglingfromoneofthewingmirrorsofthecar.警察仔細搜尋了兇殺現(xiàn)場,只找到一個仍在黑暗中冒著輕煙的煙頭。1Neverbeforehadsomanypeoplegoneinforjogginginthiscountry。2Allthepeopleappearedtobeexcitedthemomenttherocketrearedupintotheskywhenitsuddenlyexplodedintoaballofflames。3Itwas4:30P。M。whentheairplanewashijackedanddirectedtoaneighborcountry.4All30classmatescamebackforthereunionparty，includingninealumniwhoarenowworkingoverseas。5Allthatremainedasthepolicecombedthroughthesceneofthemurderwasacigaretteendstillsmokingandflashinginthedarkness.PassageB：IntheNickofTime11。Answerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationfromthepassage。1。Whywasn'tKatieworriedaboutherchildrenplayinginthestreet？Shewasnotworriedbecausetheylivedinastreetwherevehiclescouldn'tpassthrough.2。Howdidtheenginedriversandconductorreactwhentheyrealizedthattherewerechildrenonthetracks?EngineerCampanaslammedonthetrain’sbrakeandblastedtheairhorn，whileconductorFalzorushedoutofthecabandhungoverthefrontofthetrain,wavingandshoutingatthekids。3。WhatmadeKatierealizethatsomethingmustbewrongwithherchildren？Whensheheardtheairhornandthescreechofthetrain’sbrake,shewasawarethatsomethingwaswrongwithherchildren.4。HowdidFalzorescuethetwochildren？Heleapedfromthetrain,tooktwogiantstridesandgrabbedthem。5.Whatcanwelearnfromthestory?Answer：Open。12.Decidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalsebasedontheinformationinthepassage.Write”T”fortrueor”F”forfalseinthespaceprovided.1.Katie'schildrenwereplayingonthedrivewaywhensheremovedgroceriesfromhercar。2。Afterthefreighttrainrolledby,thetwochildrenwenttothetracksandkneltdowntolistentothesoundofthetrain.3。Theoverheadlightssignaledthatthepassengerexpresstrainwasfarfromthetracks.4。Whenthefreighttraingottothetopoftherise，thedriversnoticedtwokidsonthetracksahead。5。Falzostayedintheengine'scabandwavedandshoutedatthekids.Anwser：1.T,2.F,3.F，4.T，5.F13.Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow。Changetheformwherenecessary.1。Lookatthatlittleboy____about——perhapshe’slosthismother.2.Theywere____newfurniturefromatruck.3.Don’tpackthecakesatthebottomoftheboxorthey'llget____.4。Ihaven’tthe____ideaofwhatyou'retalkingabout。5.Weboughthimapresenttoshowour____foralltheworkhehaddone。6.Thecompanyhastaken____stepsforwardsincethenewmanagercame。7.Ourgarageentranceisn’tverywideandit'squitedifficultto____thecarthroughit.8.She____downonthematandbegantoprayforgoodluck.9。Thereporter_____forwardholdingouthermicrophoneassoonasshespottedthefilmstar.10。Thedriver____onthebrakeswhena